March 2022
Class Visit/Community Seminar: Holding the Past
Holding the Past A visit with Professor Berlinger's class: Traditions in Transition: Jewish Folklore and Ethnography Graham Memorial, Kresge Common Room Professor Levitt will deliver the McLester Colloquium on March 30, while this classroom visit will take a deeper look at Jewish material culture. Focusing on a chapter in her new book, the class will discuss objects of memory and displacement, holding space for connection and story. This class session is open to the general public. In person event…
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“bridges between east and west” with Ronny Someck
Monday, October 24, 2022, 5:30pm, in-person event: UNC Graham Memorial, Lounge. bridges between east and west with poet Ronny Someck In-person event will feature readings by the poet and translations in English. Co-sponsored by: UNC Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, UNC Center for Middle East & Islamic Studies, North Carolina Consortium for Middle East Studies, Duke Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Duke Jewish Studies A limited number of free spaces are reserved in Morehead Cain lot for our…
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Poet Ronny Someck will be a special guest visitor for Prof. Yaron Shemer's students that are enrolled in JWST 357 or in his grad seminar. The class is open to the public, and will explore different poems than what is featured in the Oct 24 evening lecture. The public and campus community are welcome to join this special class visit on Tuesday, October 25th, 3:30 to 4:45pm, Graham Memorial, main lounge. Visitor parking options include the Morehead Planetarium lot,…
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